Improvement in wire fences



UNITED STATES Frio.

JAMES A. LITTLE, OF CARTERSBURG, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE'FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,691, dated February9, 1875; applicatian led July 18, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. LITTLE, of.

Cart-ersburg, in the county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Wire Fence; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a front view of my wirefence. Figs. 2,. 3, and 5 are detail views of the same, Fig. 4 is asectional View ofthe same.

This inventionV has relation to fences in which the pickets are held byWires; and it consists in a novel inode of inserting the staples intothe pickets, whereby a much stronger and more rigid attachment of thepickets to the wires can be made without liability ot' splitting thepickets, as will be hereinafter explaincd.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate the fence-pickets; B B, the wiresto which they are secured, Vand C are the triangular braces or stays,arranged at such distances apart as will sustain the felice in anupright position. For securing thepickets A to the wires B B I use thecommon staples c, and instead of driving these staples with one prongdirectly above the other, and in line with the grain of the wood, Idrive the staples at or nearly at right angles to such position, thusavoiding any liability of splitting the pickets, and giving the staplesa firmer hold in the wood than is the case under the old method. Beforedriving each staple I kink or bend the wire B, as shown in Fig. 3, at cc, and insert the staple, so that the wire passes beneath one portion ofit and over the other. This kinking of the wires prevents the picketsfrom slipping out of place.

The braces C are of triangular form, and each brace is composed of threepieces7 b b b', secured together in a suitable manner. The upper ends ofthe two pieces b b have sawkerfs t' 't' in them, and, when these endsare in the position shown in Fig. 5 in dotted lines, one of the kerfs iwill receive the wire 5 then, by adjusting the pieces b b, as shown infull lines in Fig. 5, the other kert' will receive the wire and form theattachment. An oblique kerf, j, in the piece b receives the lower Wire,B, and a pin, p, prevents detachment of this piece.

By thus constructing the braces they can be readily applied to ordetached from the felice-wires. What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The inclined staples a., in combination with the pickets A and wire'stringers B, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. LITTLE. Witnesses:

JACOB VANDEGRIFT, Jr., THoMAs HANNAH.

